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116 people rescued from Khargar hills in Maharashtra's Navi Mumbai

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According to the police, entry to the Kharghar Hills and Pandavkada waterfall in Panvel area has been restricted owing to accidents during monsoon in the past.   Police and fire brigade personnel have rescued a s many as 116 tourists, including 78 women and five children, after they got stranded at Kharghar Hills in Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai on Sunday. According to the police, entry to the Kharghar Hills and Pandavkada waterfall in Panvel area has been restricted owing to accidents during monsoon in the past. However, on Sunday, people from nearby areas managed to evade police and trek to the hills from sector 5 in Kharghar. The police said due to heavy rain the water level of a stream behind the golf course increased due to which the tourists got stranded. Heavy rains in that area led to the stream swelling, leaving the revellers on the hills. The police and the fire brigade officials rescued them using an iron ladder and a plastic rope. The rescue operation started a little after
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Two Maharashtra District to go under complete lockdown as the Covid-19 cases rises

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Central team of experts that visited Covid-affected Kolhapur and Sangli districts in Maharashtra have suggested a total lockdown in the two districts. The team expressed concern as to why the transmission was not stopping in the two districts despite a series of measures in place. “There are 10 districts which have a higher positivity rate as compared to the rest of the state and the Central team that visited some of them has emphasised on measures like testing, contact tracing, and vaccination…We are following all protocols,” Rajesh Tope, state health minister, reportedly said. According to Dr Shashank Joshi, expert with the state Covid task force, the trend of coronavirus infection is picking up in districts such as Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, and Pune rural and even Ahmednagar and Nandurbar (which are showing upward trend due to a low denominator). “The entire Western belt of Maharashtra is a cause of concern…We have an active virus in circulation and something is not going right,” Dr
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Home vaccination for bed ridden and immobile people to start from August 1 in Mumbai, Maharashtra Government tells High Court

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"We hope and trust that the state government and the BMC shall leave no stone unturned to ensure that the eligible bed-ridden and immobile individuals will also have the benefit of COVID-19 vaccine,” - High Court The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) would start   Covid-19 vaccination at homes for bedridden and immobile persons in Mumbai from Aug 1. The court appreciated the move and said that the Union government did not rise to the occasion. However, the state government has risen to the occasion and today there is some light at the end of the tunnel. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni heard a PIL by city-based lawyers Dhruti Kapadia and Kunal Tiwari giving directions to the Centre, State and BMC to provide a door-to-door vaccination facility to aged and bed-ridden people. Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni, appearing for the state government, told a div
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BMC Chief, Iqbal Singh Chahal Awarded by Mumbai Ratna

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Chahal has been credited for being the architect of the internationally acclaimed ‘Mumbai Covid fight model’ that effectively controlled the spread of the  pandemic in the city   Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal on Monday was honoured with the ‘Mumbai Ratna Award’ for the city’s successful fight against  Covid-19 by Governer Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhavan. Chahal has been credited for being the architect of the internationally acclaimed ‘Mumbai Covid fight model’ that effectively controlled the spread of the  pandemic in the city. "Received prestigious MUMBAI RATNA AWARD from Hon’ble Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Governor of Maharashtra at RAJ BHAVAN,Mumbai yesterday evening for being architect of internationally acclaimed Mumbai Covid fight Model. I dedicate this honour to Team BMC" , Chahal said. “It would have been beyond imagination, even to think of such an honour, without a stellar performance of Team BMC. Team BMC resolves to continue to do its
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Indian Defence Ministry issues formal tender for mega 40,000 crore submarine program

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  It will be the first project to be implemented under the strategic partnership (SP) model that allows domestic firms to collaborate with foreign players to produce high-end military platforms in India. The  Defence Ministry on Tuesday issued the request for proposal (RFP) to domestically build six conventional submarines for the Navy at a cost of over Rs 40,000 crore, over a month after the mega acquisition project was cleared. The project is named Project 75 (India) It will be the first project to be implemented under the strategic partnership (SP) model that allows domestic firms to collaborate with foreign players to produce high-end military platforms in India.The RFP was issued to the Mazagaon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Larsen & Toubro (L&T), the two Indian companies shortlisted following a long-drawn process, according to the defence ministry. The RFP was issued to shortlisted Strategic Partners (SPs) or Indian Applicant Companies for the project viz, M/s M
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PM Narendra Modi inaugurates convention centre, 'Rudrakash' in UP's Varanasi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones of multiple development projects in Varanasi on Thursday. The projects are worth more than Rs 1,500 crore at the IIT-BHU ground. Later in the day, he also inaugurated the International Cooperation and Convention Center , 'Rudrakash', which has been constructed with Japanese assistance. The inauguration program included various public projects. It consisted of a 100-bed MCH wing in BHU, multi-level parking at Godauliya, Ro-Ro vessels for tourism development on river Ganga and a three-lane flyover bridge on the Varanasi-Ghazipur highway. It is constructed in the Sigra area of Varanasi over three acres of land at a cost of nearly Rs 200 crore.  The ‘Rudraksh’ center  has been positioned as an ideal location to host all types of international conventions, concerts and exhibitions in order to strengthen the city’s competitiveness by developing its tourism sector. It comprises a main hall with a tower, meeting ro
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Two new missions to Venus, announced by NASA

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NASA has announced on Wednesday that it is sending  two   new  missions to Venus in order to examine the planet's atmosphere and geological features. Bill Nelson, the agency's newly-confirmed administrator, said that the  two  sister missions, both aim to understand that how Venus became an inferno-like world, capable of melting lead at the surface.  He also said that the missions would offer the chance to investigate a planet NASA haven't been to in more than 30 years.  The missions, who have each been awarded $500m (£352m) in funding, are due to launch between 2028 and 2030. The last US probe to visit the planet was the Magellan orbiter in 1990. Both missions were picked following a competitive, peer-reviewed process based on their scientific value and feasibility of their plans. The Davinci+ (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) mission aims to measure the planet's atmosphere to gain insight into how it formed and evolved. It wi
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